On Wed, Jun 02, 2021 at 10:19:40PM +0200, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: > Em Wed, 2 Jun 2021 20:29:23 +0200 > Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> escreveu: > > Afaict both vim (gf) and emacs (M-x ffap) can do this. That covers about > > 99% of all sane editors no? :-) > > Heh, not quite ;-) Here, I use nano(/pico), from the old times where > (al)pine was my emailer. I can live with vim, but I prefer an editor > that starts in editing mode. echo "startinsert" >> ~/.vimrc > I tried to use emacs a few times, but my fingers are too much into > pico/nano control keys, so it was ending by making me typing a lot > slower. Besides that, nano works well on 99% of my daily needs. > > When I need more fancy, like regex substitutions, changing/moving > big code blocks, editing multiple files at the same time, etc, nano can in fact do the multi-file thing, see nano -F, or add "set multibuffer" to nanorc. > then I just use a GUI editor (currently kate, but seeking for > a good replacement, as some changes during F33 times - still > present on F34 - caused some regressions). The fact that you need a second editor; and are looking for a replacement disqualifies nano (and Kate for that matter) as a sane editor IMO. You can ofcourse start extending nano :-)
